How long does your distiller to produce say a gallon of water. Also what is your opinion of filtering the water not to include RO (reverse osmosis). Lastly what is your opinion of RO. I'm not trying to be nosy but I am in the market of getting some water filtration system and I trying to figure the best way to go. Thank you.
@outwalking Appreciate the interest. You're not nosy don't be silly :D !! It takes like 4-5 hours to produce a gallon of water, which is fine, works for a family of 3-4, and for 1 person it's more than enough. From what I've research distillation and RO is the only way to eliminate fluoride. I distill because I found that RO systems were more costly and complicated. My distillation is fairly straightforward.
Thanks for the information. I really don't think I will go with the RO because it sounds like it takes 3 or so gallons to produce 1 gallon. To me that's too much waste. I would seem like distillation would make the purest water. Doesn't distillation involve changing water to steam and condensing the steam back to water. I can't see how any contaminates could remain in the distillate. Thanks again.
Yeah, that is basically what distillation does. Along with the distiller I showed you need to periodically change the charcoal filter and use some sort of solution to clean the distiller tank once it's filled with nasty residue/sediment (citric acid comes with it).
Similar to a coffee pot, I'd imagine (sans the charcoal filter). I guess using something like citric acid would be better than bleach or sodium hypochlorite. I think the bleach would leave an aftertaste. I know bleach and sodium hypochlorite are the same but I found out that bleach will break down after a while. Sodium hypochlorite (dry form) has a longer shelf life and takes up less room. I found it at a pool supply store. Make sure you get it without algaecide. Well enough of my blabbing, thank you for the information and have a good evening.
yeah no need for bleach, that's some strong and toxic stuff. Vinegar would be a good alternative, lots of online testimonials with vinegar. You just want to make sure the sediment and residue doesn't permanently damage the inside of the filter. After every distillation there's always sediment of some sort, and you say to yourself, "wow, that shits in my tap water!?"
Yeah, I do say that. Another think I thought about was I treat the garden with cow manure and then I eat the vegetables so in essence I am eating cow poop. Pleasant thoughts. And I do like the idea of using vinegar instead of bleach. You're funny. Thank you for the laugh.